Re: [Gnumed-devel] PHP to drug db

[Elizabeth Dodd]

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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 07:29, Horst Herb wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 03:03, Hilmar Berger wrote:
> > I would prefer putting brandname in product, as I don't see how different
> > manufacturers will have *exactly* the same product (think of adjuvants,
> > package size, even allowed indications can be different for same
> > active substance)
>
> There are plenty! Astra is for example marketing both "Losec" and "Acimax"
> which is Omeprazole, identical in any aspect apart from the package. Like
> the "no name" products in supermarkets.
>
> Nothing too crazy for marketing people.
>
> Horst

And contraceptive pills are marketed the same way; two brandnames for each 
popular type, from each manufacturer; one at premium price and one at lower 
price.
Liz
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